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MMCC2070 – Radio: 'On Air'
2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance
Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer and Tutor
Helen Wolfenden
Contact via email
Technical Demonstrator
Peter Ring
Contact via email
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Ever wanted to know what it is like to be on the radio? This unit, in collaboration with 2SER radio station, provides that opportunity. Students' to gain experience and knowledge of radio through live broadcast situations and professional roles. This connects students to the latest developments in radio, podcast and audio programming. Workshops incorporate techniques of devising live to air program material: location recordings, interviews, voice segments, entertainment, promotion and feature packages. A live magazine style program for 2SER is one outcome, extending students' team and presentation skills, while consolidating the critical, research and production expertise required to produce an extended program of this genre. |
Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: apply a range of communication and expression skills for electronic audio media productions.
- ULO2: demonstrate journalistic and program making craft skills related to audio/radio productions.
- ULO3: analyse the dynamics and methods necessary for successful communication with audiences and listeners.
- ULO4: apply and communicate specialist skills to creative and collaborative roles in radio program production, broadcast audio media journalism, and presentation of collaboratively devised projects.
- ULO5: apply and consolidate a range of technical and operational skills in radio broadcast and related audio media productions.
- ULO6: reflect on practice and theory.
General Assessment Information
Late Assessment Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Radio Show | 25% | No | Week 5 |
| Radio Feature | 40% | No | Week 10 |
| Role in radio show | 35% | No | Week 12&13 |
Radio Show
Assessment Type 1: Media presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 19 hours
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 25%
Present and record an ‘as live’ radio show. Refer to iLearn for further information.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- apply a range of communication and expression skills for electronic audio media productions.
- demonstrate journalistic and program making craft skills related to audio/radio productions.
- analyse the dynamics and methods necessary for successful communication with audiences and listeners.
Radio Feature
Assessment Type 1: Media presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 40%
Create a radio feature. Refer to iLearn for further information.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- apply a range of communication and expression skills for electronic audio media productions.
- demonstrate journalistic and program making craft skills related to audio/radio productions.
- analyse the dynamics and methods necessary for successful communication with audiences and listeners.
- apply and communicate specialist skills to creative and collaborative roles in radio program production, broadcast audio media journalism, and presentation of collaboratively devised projects.
- apply and consolidate a range of technical and operational skills in radio broadcast and related audio media productions.
Role in radio show
Assessment Type 1: Performance
Indicative Time on Task 2: 26 hours
Due: Week 12&13
Weighting: 35%
This assessment is based on your individual performance in your role for the radio show. Refer to iLearn for further information.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- apply a range of communication and expression skills for electronic audio media productions.
- demonstrate journalistic and program making craft skills related to audio/radio productions.
- analyse the dynamics and methods necessary for successful communication with audiences and listeners.
- apply and communicate specialist skills to creative and collaborative roles in radio program production, broadcast audio media journalism, and presentation of collaboratively devised projects.
- apply and consolidate a range of technical and operational skills in radio broadcast and related audio media productions.
- reflect on practice and theory.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
DELIVERY METHODS
This unit uses lectures and workshop/tutorials.
Please Note: Lectures and tutorials/workshops commence in week 1. Please attend all classes. There are a two public holidays that impact on our classes. Please check the unit schedule for more detail.
Technical assistance and demonstrations are given in tutorial/workshops and students need to be able to attend these throughout the semester. The Radio Facilities Manager, Peter Ring, will be assisting with this instruction.
It is a requirement that an appropriate number of radio/audio programs be included as sources in scholarly reflections for all of the assessments and referenced accordingly in reference lists. These programs will form part of lectures and workshops, or be suggested for self-directed listening. Thus you should aim not to miss lectures or workshops. Please inform the tutor/lecturer if you cannot attend for any reason.
There are two hour weekly tutorial and/or technical workshop sessions. You are required to attend all tutorials and workshops. As participation in the process of learning is linked to and underpins the unit Learning Outcomes, you will need to either apply for Disruptions to Studies to cover any missed tutorial/workshop (if the disruption is greater than three consecutive days) or supply appropriate documentation to your unit convenor for any missed tutorial/workshop (if less than three consecutive days).
iLearn is a major component of this unit. Please refer to iLearn on a weekly basis and undertake the readings and activities and participate in discussions. It is very important to check announcements on iLearn regularly. If there are any changes to assessments, notifications will be made via iLearn "announcements" so it is the responsibility of every student to keep themselves informed.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
You will be required to purchase:
1) One set of good quality closed or semi-closed headphones (for hygiene reasons these are compulsory for each student). You will have these if you already completed MMCC2160.
2) At least one portable memory device to use to transfer audio projects.
REQUIRED READING
A selection of readings and listenings are detailed on iLearn.
Readings/listenings are accessed via Leganto http://libguides.mq.edu.au/leganto
NOTE that you MUST access Leganto via the block in iLearn in the first instance. This is how the system verifies you as a student in this unit.
There are some other recommended readings. Students should draw on at least two sources for their written reflections, required in the documentation portion of the assessments.
Recommended Readings
Abel, Jessica. 2015. Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio. Penguin Random House.
Ahern, Steve. Making Radio. Allen and Unwin. Latest Edition in the Library.
Alten, Stanley. Audio in Media. Belmont CA: Most recent edition is best. (Should be in the library.) The bible of audio production for those really serious about sound.
Atton, Chris (Ed). The Routledge companion to alternative and community media
Barnard, Stephen. Studying Radio. New York: 2000
Beaman, Jim. Programme making for radio. London & NY: 2006
Beaman, Jim. Interviewing for Radio. London & NY: 2012
Biewen, John. Reality radio: telling true stories in sound, Durham, 2010 plus new edition as ebook.
Bonini, Tiziano; Monclus, Belen. Eds. Radio audiences and participation in the age of network society, New York, NY, 2015
Burns, Maureen et al. Histories of public Service Broadcasters on the web, New York: 2011
Chantler, Paul & Stewart, Peter. Basic Radio Journalism. 2003
Chignell, Hugh. Key Concepts in Radio Studies. Sage: 2009
Chignell, Hugh. Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Century: 2011
Crisell, Andrew & Guy Starkey. Radio Journalism, London: 2009
Crisell, Andrew. Ed. Radio (3 Vols). London 2009
Crook, Tim. The Sound Handbook. London. Routledge 2012
Dubber, Andrew. Radio in the Digital Age, Polity, London: 2013
Emm, Adèle. Researching for the media: television, radio and journalism, London; New York 2014. Online resource.
Fleming, Carole. The Radio Handbook. London: 2010
Frangi, Anthony. Radio toolbox: everything you need to get started in broadcasting. Palgrave Macmillan 2012.
Geller, Valerie. Beyond Powerful radio: a communicator's guide to the Internet age. Belmont CA: 2006.
Griffen-Foley, Bridget. Changing Stations: The story of Australian Commercial Radio, Sydney: 2009
Hendy, David. Radio in the Global Age. Cambridge: 2000.
Hicks, Wynford. English for Journalists. London & New York, 2nd Edition 2003.
Keith, Michael. The Radio Station. London: Focal Press, 2000
Keeble, Richard. Ethics for Journalists. London & New York, 2001
Kern, Jonathon. Sound Reporting: the NPR Guide to audio journalism and production, Chicago: 2008
Kramer, Mark & Wendy Call (Eds). Telling True Stories, NY: 2007
Lingren, Mia, and Philips,Gail. Australian Broadcast Journalism. 3rd Ed. Oxford Uni Press: 2013.
Loviglio, Jason & Hilmes, Michele (Eds) Radio's New Wave: Global Sound in the Digital Age, Routledge: 2013.
McLeish, Robert. Radio Production, 4th Edition, Oxford: 1999
Nuzum, Eric. Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling, Workman Publishing Company, New York: 2019.
Shingler & Wieringa. On Air: Methods and Meanings of Radio. London: 1998.
Squier, Susan. Ed. Communities of the air. London: 2003
Starkey, Guy. Radio in context. London: 2004
Street, Sean, The Poetry of Radio, the Colour of Sound. London, New York, 2011.
Talbot-Smith, Michael. Sound Assistance. London: 1999
Turner, Graeme. 'Politics, Radio and Journalism in Australia', in Journalism, Vol 10, no 4, August 2009
Journals of relevance (in library/electronic available)
The Radio Journal: international studies in broadcast and audio media, (UK/international).
Journal of Radio and Audio Media, (USA)
Australian Journalism Review (articles on all kinds of journalism)
Radiodoc Review: online journal reviewing documentary radio/audio (international) http://ro.uow.edu.au/rdr/
Podcasts
New podcasts are popping up all the time. Some good ones are:
Australian: ABC has quite a few: try 'Earshot', 'This is About', 'The Real Thing' (a former student is behind this show), Sum of All Parts, 'Trace', What Keeps Me Awake, Background Briefing, Conversations, Download this Show, Science Vs; Off Track...
Also see the full list of finalists from the Australian Podcast Awards: https://australianpodcastawards.com/thefinalists
Community radio: FBi's All The Best is very much the model for our features. 2SER also has some great podcasts, try its recent Just Words.
International: From USA: Radiotopia; Serial; S-Town; This American Life; Freakonomics;
Radiolab; Out on the Wire; Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything; Story Club; StoryCorps; radio rookies; The Truth; She Does; Handpicked Mix; Another Round; Documentary on One; The New Yorker Radio Hour; HowSound; From Our Own Correspondent; Third Coast International Audio Festival; Home of the Brave; The Heart; Love + Radio; Death, Sex & Money; 99% Invisible. Also try The Kitchen Sisters programs/projects (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva are award winning producers based in USA): http://www.kitchensisters.org
UK: BBC Documentaries; Between the Ears; Intrigue: Murder in the Lucky Hotel; and many more via the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts). Also check out Hackney Hear podcasts, and from the makers of Hackney Hear(Francesca Panetta) the latest audio documentaries from The Guardian (UK) eg The Story : https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-story
Web radios and audio sites of interest
Arte-Radio (in French: radio arm of European cultural channel) https://www.arteradio.com/
American Public Radio Works https://www.apmreports.org/
Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au
ABC Editorial policies https://edpols.abc.net.au/policies/
ABC Earshot (main ABC features and documentaries program) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/
ABC Correspondents Report http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/correspondentsreport/
ABC Local Radio: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/
ABC Radio Australia http://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/
ABC Radio Eye (Features & Docs - archive) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/radioeye/
ABC RN http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/
ABC Triple J: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/
All the Best from FBi Radio: storytelling and short docos https://fbiradio.com/podcast/all-the-best/
Australian Communications and Media Authority https://www.acma.gov.au/
BBC Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
ABC Newsradio: http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/
University web radio in UK http://www.birst.co.uk/
Commercial Radio Australia http://www.commercialradio.com.au/
Community Broadcasters Association https://www.cbaa.org.au/
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters http://www.amarceurope.eu/
FBi Radio https://fbiradio.com/
The Heard a collection of independent podcast producers http://www.theheardradio.com/
Kitchen Sisters programs/projects (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva are award winning producers
based in USA) http://www.kitchensisters.org/
NOVA https://www.nova969.com.au/nova969
National Public Radio (USA) https://www.npr.org/
NPR Training http://training.npr.org/
NPR Interns radio https://www.npr.org/about-npr/181881227/want-to-be-an-npr-intern
New Radio and Performing Arts (archive) http://www.somewhere.org/
Radioinfo (subscribe to keep in touch with latest jobs etc in Australia) https://radioinfo.com.au/
Radio Lab (much more than a science radio show - highly recommended for its creative approach) https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/
Radio-Locator https://radio-locator.com/
Radiotopia curated set of podcasts, USA https://www.radiotopia.fm/
Resonance FM https://www.resonancefm.com/
SBS Radio https://www.sbs.com.au/radio/
2SER https://2ser.com/
Serial Podcast cult podcast based on re-examination of murder case https://serialpodcast.org/
Sirius satellite radio https://www.siriusxm.com/
Story Corps (USA) https://storycorps.org/listen/?collection=sound-portraits
SYN community station, based in Melbourne, under 25s http://syn.org.au
Third Coast Radio Festival https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/
This American Life show https://www.thisamericanlife.org/
Transom: a showcase & workshop for new public radio (very useful to students) http://www.transom.org/
UBU Web radio http://www.ubu.com/sound/radio_radio/index.html
UN Radio https://news.un.org/en/audio-hub
Hearing Voices USA "best of Public radio" Hearing Voices http://www.hearingvoices.com/
The Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a nonprofit web-based platform for digital distribution,
review, and licensing of radio programs. https://www.prx.org/
The Wire http://www.thewire.org.au/
WNYC New York public radio station with live performance space http://www.wnyc.org/
World Radio Network http://www.wrn.com
BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio
Student radio sites, radio/journalism competitions and radio resources for learning:
ABC Editorial Policies http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/edpols.htm
ABC Careers http://www.abc.net.au/careers/
Southern Cross Austereo Careers http://www.scacareers.com.au/
BBC Academy Podcast: Your guide to everything from editorial and craft skills to taking your next
step in the industry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9zz/episodes/downloads
BBC Academy http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en
BBC Academy Journalism http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism
BBC Academy Production http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production
BBC School Report (journalism training) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport
BBC Schools Radio Journalism http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/5275764.stm
Bournemouth University, UK http://www.birst.co.uk/
Deutsche Welle Radio https://www.dw.com/en/radio/s-32771
Goldsmiths MA in Radio https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-radio/
Griffith University Audio Journalism http://livewirez.wordpress.com/
Ira Glass on storytelling (part 1 of 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFI9UuC_fc
NEXT radio - future of radio http://nextrad.io/
RMIT http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/smpl/roar
Online radio journalism tute (USA) http://www.newscript.com/
NPR Interns https://www.npr.org/about-npr/181881227/want-to-be-an-npr-intern
Reporters sans frontiers https://rsf.org/en
SALT Institute (USA) http://www.salt.edu/
Young Journo Awards http://www.youngjournalistawards.org.au/
Reuters Handbook of Journalism: http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php/Main_Page
Real time world stats http://www.worldometers.info/
Remember that you can also access LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) online training videos via the library: https://libguides.mq.edu.au/linkedinlearning
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